IP: a comment on -- oh well , another down -- U.S. BUYS

[Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

from a young old IPer:




"it wouldn't surprise me if the US company took a gamble that the NSF wouldn't
do this when submitting their bid, even if their offer was less favorable.
and according to NYT, US has sold a fair number of supercomputers to
Japanese ... what do you think?"